jones



R. W. JONES..

(ModeL) HAME.

Patented May 23, 1882.

' and on opposite sides.

FFICE.

ATENT RICHARD W. J ONES, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

HAIVIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 258,430, dated May 23, 1882.

Application filed April 5, 1882.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, RICHARD W. JONES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Syracase, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hames; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to a novel form of clip which carries the breast-ring, and the means of securing the same to the hame or hameiron.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a hame with my improved clip secured thereto, and showing its relation to the staple and back iron. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the clip detached. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the same, and Figs. at and 5 are detail views.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all of the figures.

A represents the wooden hame, B the hameiron, and D the staple. In the drawings I have shown a staple which is substantially square-such, for example, as is used on what are known in the trade as Concord Hames, but my improvement is applicable to astaple of any form, and I do not limit myself in this particular.

G is the plate or clip, which is substantially of 8 form, and is provided with an eye or aperture, E, for the breast-ring F. The eye E is arranged in a diagonal direction to "the plane of the plate 0, and has bearings which rest both against the wooden portion of the hame and the back iron. The plate or clip O is provided with downwardly or inwardly projecting side flanges, c 0, one at each side and at reverse ends, which, when there is any draft on the ring, bear against the sides of the back iron. The plate or clip() is also provided with notches or recesses a a at each of its ends These recesses are to receive the legs of the staple, and are made of suitable depth to form draft-bearings at both ends of the plate. The recesses are made of a (Model.)

form corresponding with the form of the staple used. For example, when the staple is square the recesses are of the same form, and when a round staple is used the recesses are semicircular, or nearly so. The plate or clip is secured to the back iron by a single bolt, screw, or rivet, 1), before the iron is attached to the heme-wood. The back iron and wood portion are perforated at two points only, for the passage of the two legs of the staple, which are upset at the ends or fastened in any wellknown manner.

It will be seen that, in addition to the bolt or rivet which receives the plate or clip to the back iron, I have five points to resist the draft which may be applied to the ring-via, one bearing at each end of the plate against the staple, one at each side by the flanges c 0, against the back iron, and one against both the hame-wood and back iron by the diagonal loop or eye for the breast-ring. On what are known as Concord hames a square staple is used, as before stated, and also links, rings, and triangles,and the trace used is necessarily of less width than the staple to compensate for the links, 850.

It will be readily seen that the trace must eventually be worn and weakened by the constant chafing of these irons against it-a difficulty that is wholly obviated by my invention, since I make the staple and trace of just the same width, while the links, 850., are separated from it and placed in such position that the traces draw evenly, smoothly, and in the proper direction from the neck-yoke.

My improved clip may be used on the ordinary wooden hame, where the iron is much lighter than that used on the Concord.

On this form of hame, instead of fastening the clip to the hame-iron by a rivet before the latter is applied to the hame, I prefer to secure the clip by means of a screw, which is passed through the iron and into the hamewood.

Having thus fully described my improve ment, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a hame, the plate or clip 0, provided with recesses or bearings on opposite sides of the hame-staple and rigidly secured to the flanges at each side and at opposite ends,

hame-iron, substantially as set forth. which are adapted to bear against the back or 10 2. The hame clip or plate (3, provided with hame iron, substantially as specified. recesses at each end and at opposite sides, and Y 5 adapted to rest against each leg of the hame- RICHARD JOLES' staple, and having a suitable eye for the breast- Witnesses ring, substantially as set forth. W; G. PARDEE, 3. The hame clip or plate 0, provided with J N0. S. LYNCH. 

